Southwest Airlines (LUV) 8-K Southwest Airlines Reports August Traffic

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS AUGUST TRAFFIC

DALLAS, TEXAS – September 9, 2013 – Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 9.2 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August2013, a 2.0 percent decrease from the 9.4 billion RPMs flown in August2012. Available seat miles (ASMs) in August2013increased1.4 percent to 11.3 billion from the August2012 level of 11.1 billion. The August2013 load factor was 81.3 percent, compared to 84.2 percent in August2012. For August2013, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased approximately four percent compared to August2012.

For the first eight months of 2013, the Company flew 70.8 billion RPMs, compared to 70.3 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2012, an increase of 0.8 percent. Year-to-date ASMs increased 1.6 percent to 88.3 billion from the 2012 level of 86.9 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 80.3 percent, compared to 80.9 percent for the same period in 2012.

This release, as well as past news releases about Southwest Airlines Co., is available online at southwest.com.

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
	AUGUST
	2013		2012		CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried	9,106,397		9,736,793		(6.5)%
Enplaned passengers	11,456,302		12,024,197		(4.7)%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	9,169,665		9,356,718		(2.0)%
Available seat miles (000)	11,273,299		11,118,674		1.4 %
Load factor	81.3	%	84.2	%	(2.9) pts
Average length of haul	1,007		961		4.8 %
Trips flown	112,448		117,128		(4.0)%
	YEAR-TO-DATE
	2013		2012		CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried	73,026,626		74,372,775		(1.8)%
Enplaned passengers	89,911,483		91,037,516		(1.2)%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	70,833,085		70,291,603		0.8 %
Available seat miles (000)	88,254,623		86,859,929		1.6 %
Load factor	80.3	%	80.9	%	(0.6) pts
Average length of haul	970		945		2.6 %
Trips flown	891,956		926,934		(3.8)%
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